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EWING v. CLOVERLEAF BOWL

Docket No. S.F. 23593.

20 Cal.3d 389 (1978)

572 P.2d 1155

143 Cal. Rptr. 13

ROBERT A. EWING, a Minor, etc., et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CLOVERLEAF BOWL, Defendant and Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

January 6, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Bruce I. Cornblum and Charles McCrory for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Allan F. Grossman, Judith Ilene Bloom, Rosen, Rosen & Leavitt and Alan Dodd Rosen as Amici Curiae on behalf of Plaintiffs and Appellants.

Woodrow W. Kitchel and Richard G. Logan for Defendant and Respondent.

Raoul D. Kennedy, Mike C. Buckley and Stevan C. Kalmon as Amici Curiae on behalf of Defendant and Respondent.

OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

In this case, an experienced bartender, knowing that a patron had just turned 21 years of age that very day, served his young customer 10 straight shots of 151 proof rum, as well as a vodka collins and 2 beer chasers, during a period of less than an hour and a half; as a result, the 21-year-old patron died the next day, leaving 2 small children on whose behalf the instant wrongful death action was brought.

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